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Published October 20, 2022

Meet the NYU Stern School of Business

NYU was founded to be “ metropolitan in character , democratic in spirit,” and responsive to the needs of New York City’s rapidly evolving population. Today, these themes remain at the core of NYU. And they have led the University to develop 10 distinct undergraduate schools and colleges in New York City, degree-granting campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai, and 12 additional global academic centers and programs in cities around the world. NYU’s urban spirit is fundamental to the student experience. For example, at NYU, professors are experts in their fields who are tapped into local networks; courses take advantage of the opportunities and interact with the city culture; and internships are right around the corner. And at the NYU Stern School of Business, students come together in the heart of New York City to learn business fundamentals and explore diverse industries.

NYU Stern was established in 1900 as one of the first business schools in the United States. Ever since it has attracted and cultivated the next generation of innovators in business and industry. At Stern your curriculum is grounded in business while also branching into the liberal arts. Specifically, a Stern education is built upon five pillars : academics, social impact, global, professional, and community. Every day, you’ll have myriad opportunities to contribute to real positive impact in communities both on and off campus. Furthermore, you’ll have unfettered access to professional networks and opportunities that can only be accessed in New York City.

Here, you’ll find your community among like-minded students and supportive faculty through numerous activities, from student clubs to student council . You can also enjoy the Signature Experience Series . This half-day orientation prepares you for the year ahead with an iconic New York City experience. To kick off the academic year, you might attend the US Open Tennis Championships, embark on a New York Harbor cruise, or visit Ellis Island. All things considered, don’t expect business as usual at NYU Stern.

Give Me Five

Five is not only the number of NYU Stern’s guiding pillars. It’s also the number of undergraduate degree options available to you.

• The BS in Business offers an incredible business education with the flexibility to choose at least one specialty. You’ll select from 12 concentrations , including computing and data science, entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, and sustainable business. You can even start your college journey by spending your first year studying away at NYU London !
• With the BS in Business and Political Economy (BPE) , you’ll explore the relationship between business, politics, and economic outcomes. In addition, the BPE program emphasizes the importance of global education. So you’ll spend your sophomore year abroad, studying at NYU London in the fall and NYU Shanghai in the spring.
• The BS in Business, Technology and Entrepreneurship (BTE) program teaches you the business essentials while diving into the emerging and ever-changing intersection of technology and entrepreneurship. You’ll take courses like Patterns of Entrepreneurship as part of this science, technology, engineering, and mathematics–certified degree.
• After completing your first semester as a Business major, you can apply to the BS in Business/MS in Accounting dual-degree program. This accelerated program allows you to earn a bachelor’s and master’s degree in four years plus one accelerated summer. Then, you’ll be eligible to take the Certified Public Accountant Exam.
• Finally, some students just can’t choose between a love of film and a love of business. If you’re one of them, there’s the BS in Business/BFA in Film and Television dual-degree program , offered in collaboration with the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. You can apply for the program during your first or sophomore year as a Business major.

Business Is Here (and Everywhere)

To succeed in an industry that can’t be defined by borders, time zones, or currencies, a global perspective is key. With an NYU Stern education, you’ll have ample opportunities to expand your horizons and differentiate your résumé from other students. In fact, all Stern students must take the Global Business Core . This requirement has two components: the Economics of Global Business class and a global experience.

When it comes to your global experience, you have options. First, you can spend a semester away at an NYU global location. Or you can attend another university through Stern’s International Business Exchange program . Finally, you can combine coursework with travel through a Stern short-term immersion course . For example, you can travel to Florida to learn about the amusement park industry, go to Costa Rica to consult on sustainability, or visit Ghana to apply entrepreneurial skills for social change.

Whatever your degree path at Stern, and whether you choose to start your journey in New York City or London, the world will certainly be your campus. You can study at one of NYU’s 13 additional global locations and programs or 17 partnering international business schools . And because NYU commits to making a global experience accessible for all students with demonstrated financial need, every NYU Stern student has the opportunity to go abroad.

Evolving the Nature of Business

Today, we’re facing many global complexities, such as the climate crisis, gender and racial equality, and world hunger. To help address the world’s most pressing challenges, businesses must examine and adapt their practices. No matter which degree program you decide to pursue at NYU Stern, you’ll explore doing business from a moral perspective as well as a financial one through the required four-course Social Impact Curriculum . If you concentrate your Business major on sustainable business, you’ll have the chance to take such socially and environmentally minded courses as:

• Social Entrepreneurship: Learn how to build frameworks for rapidly growing social impact ventures. You’ll emerge with the skills to start your own social venture or influence organizations from within to adopt important values.
• Managing Climate, Cyber, Geopolitical, and Financial Risk: Business has inherent risk. But where much of that risk used to be financial, organizations must now contend with climate, cyber, and geopolitical risk too. In this course you’ll learn how to assess and develop tools to navigate these variables.
• Marketing for Impact: Strategies for Sustainable Business: Many consumers are skeptical of large, multinational corporations. Especially when it comes to marketing that attempts to mask unethical business practices. Through case studies and real-world projects, you’ll learn just how important marketing is to the shifting corporate landscape.

In addition, you can take advantage of the many resources and opportunities at the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business . You can apply for the Social Impact Fellows program , a four-year progression that provides opportunities to further explore sustainable business. What’s more, you can connect with faculty conducting research through the Stern Program for Undergraduate Research . All in all, Stern has numerous resources to help you succeed and shape the future of business.

Accomplished Alumni

Vidula Joshi, who graduated in 2014 with a BS in Business and Political Economy, began her post-NYU career journey at Deloitte in strategy and operations consulting. She then transitioned to project management with the New York City Economic Development Corporation’s Center for Urban Innovation. Currently, Vidula serves as a chief of staff at Lyft, focusing on transit, bike, and scooter policy.

Yonadav Tsuna, a 2012 graduate who majored in Business with a concentration in finance and minored in Producing, let his varied interests and connections from NYU Stern guide his career. From opening a restaurant to stints at Twitter and Google, he now works at Crunchyroll, a San Francisco–based anime and manga streaming service. There, he’s the senior manager of content strategy and partnerships for emerging business development.

Janelle Benjamin, who graduated in 2001 with a BS in Business concentrating in statistics, is an accomplished entrepreneur and investor. She is one of the few Black female entrepreneurs to raise over $1 million in funding and successfully exit. She cofounded and served as COO of SuperData Research, which Nielsen acquired in 2018. Currently, Janelle is building her next venture, which recently closed a multimillion-dollar round of seed funding.

Read More About the NYU Stern School of Business

• Shape the Future of Business at NYU
• How to Stern: Go Beyond Business as Usual
• The Stern Center for Sustainable Business Leads the Eco-Market
• The Cool Things About a Stern Education: Why I Chose Stern

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Campuses, Schools, & Colleges

NYU is an academic community of campuses, schools, colleges, and programs that spans the globe. As you consider an education here, you first need to decide which campus is the best fit for you. From there, you’ll have opportunities to study at other NYU locations.

New York City

Our New York City campus is home to 11 schools and colleges, with each offering a distinct identity, academic focus, and intellectual community. Which one you will be a part of is determined by your chosen major or program. Read on to learn more.

College of Arts & Science

Renowned for its academic rigor and research opportunities, our largest undergraduate college offers a broad and comprehensive liberal arts and preprofessional studies curriculum in 90 areas of study. It’s home to distinguished faculty members, like author Jonathan Safran Foer, poet Sharon Olds, Nobel Prize-winning economist Thomas Sargent, and Medal of Science winner Cathleen Synge Morawetz.

College of Dentistry

This is the only dental school in the United States with a research center that provides beds for 24-hour patient monitoring. Our dental hygiene programs offer extraordinary clinical and academic opportunities for students interested in preventive oral healthcare and the promotion of good health. Our students take part in challenging coursework while employing what they learn in real-world environments.

Gallatin School of Individualized Study

Rigorous academics and course flexibility, close and collaborative personal advisement, and an extensive internship program are hallmarks of Gallatin. Purposely small and experimental, the school was established for students with the maturity to tailor their own curriculum to match individual academic and professional goals.

Leonard N. Stern School of Business

Stern is one of the highest-ranked undergraduate business schools in the United States. You can choose to major in either the Core Business Program — with concentrations such as actuarial science, finance, entrepreneurship, and marketing — or the Business and Political Economy Program. While here, you’ll gain a solid foundation in both the liberal arts and global business.

Liberal Studies

In Liberal Studies, you can choose from two unique options. The Global Liberal Studies bachelor's program features core coursework in the liberal arts with a focus on the great works in a global context. The two-year Core Program in the liberal arts is for students who intend to complete their undergraduate education in another NYU school or college.

Rory Meyers College of Nursing

This is home to one of the oldest and most respected undergraduate nursing programs in the United States. With an average starting salary of more than $75,000, our alumni are among the highest earning nursing alumni in America, according to Forbes. The curriculum includes a strong liberal arts foundation, coursework in nursing science and theory, and clinical experience at NYU Langone Medical Center. 

Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

Steinhardt is devoted to human service professions, including education, health, communication, and the arts (studio art and music). If you choose to study here, you’ll gain a valuable background in theory that you can then use during fieldwork at area schools, hospitals, agencies, cultural institutions, and organizations.

Silver School of Social Work

At Silver, you will be provided with a strong liberal arts education and a firm grounding in the principles and practices of social work, which includes 700 hours of on-site fieldwork. Our close-knit learning community will be an invaluable part of your experience. You’ll be able to translate an interest in social justice into a career path to serve in leadership positions in the social professions.

School of Professional Studies

We offer three programs geared toward traditional undergraduates. The Tisch Center for Hospitality offers a major in hospitality and tourism , the Tisch Institute for Global Sport offers a bachelor’s degree in sports management , and the Schack Institute offers an undergraduate degree in real estate . In each, you’ll have access to industry experts and job experience.

Tandon School of Engineering

The NYU Tandon School of Engineering, which is located in downtown Brooklyn, is one of the nation's most comprehensive and respected institutions of engineering, applied science, and technology. You have the option of enrolling directly to NYU Tandon School of Engineering or exploring our dual degree program in science and engineering jointly offered through the College of Arts & Sciences.

Tisch School of the Arts

The preeminent center for professional education and training in the media and performing arts, Tisch offers outstanding facilities and faculty. With many conservatory-style programs, our curriculum provides artists and scholars with rigorous preparation for their discipline, and invaluable opportunities for artistic development in the heart of the world's capital of the arts.

NYU Abu Dhabi

NYU Abu Dhabi offers 26 majors across a range of disciplines.

NYU Shanghai

NYU Shanghai offers 18 majors with a liberal arts foundation.

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